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BABBERS REGISTER.

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WALLACE W. GASS, OFMAYQDAN, NORTH CAROLINA.

BABBEBS BEGIS'iEF'.

Application filed January 16, 1908. Serial No. 411,178.

; To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALLAon W. GASB, a citizen of the United States, residing in Mayodan, in the county of Rockingham and. State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Bar bers Registers, of whic the following is a specification. 1

The object of my invention is to provide means for keeping\ a recordof the transactions of a barber s op as the work progre' "be which shall indicateat'all times, both tfo' fhe ,barbers and to the customers, the total of the number of pieces of work done and waiting to be done, and separately, the number of unfinished pieces of work ahead entitled to'service, the mechanism bein so'organized that when a customer enters the shop he may, at a glance, see how long he will be required to wait and then by depositin an appropriate coin and pushing a button e may receive'a ticket bearing his turn' number, and'at the same time, cause devices to be operatedwhich shift the registering and indicating mechanterin and indicating 'w eels, ticket printmg and eeding mechamsm, coin chutes, and actuating devices so constructed and arranged that the customer cannot receive a ticket entitling him to the desired service until he has deposited an a propriate coin which operates mechanism wiilch actuates the registering and indicating mechanism to show his turn and to indicate to the n'ext'customer enterin the shop the/number of pieces of work ahea of him.

etsv which are deposited y the several bar-* The coin deposited by the customers is received in an appropriate compartment 1n a. drawer at the bottom'of the casing, WhlCh drawer also contains com artments for tickv bers as soon as the are received or after the work complete each barber having assigned. to him a compartment in the drawer 4 at the back,

with a remova which may be under lock and" key so that at.

Specification of Letters Patent; 1 I ratented-Mmiia ooa, I

the end of the day's work, the numberof pieces of work done by each barber maybe easily ascertained.

fully described In the accom 'anying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective ew of a barbers register constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view showin part of the registering and indicating mec anism. 3

shows a further detail of this mechanism.

Fig. 4 is a detail view in section of part 'of the Other features of my mvention and the doi talls of construction will be hereinafter more registering and indicating mechanism. Fig. F

5 shows a vertical section on the line 55 0 Fig. 6. Fig. 6 shows a vertical section with some of the parts broken away on the line plan view of a portion of the strip 0 tickets employed. Fig. 9'is a detail view of part of the mechanism which receives the com'and' deposits it in the coin chutes. Fig. 10-is a perspective view of part of thefmechanism or operating the ticket-feeding and printing devices. Fig. 11 is 'a perspective view .ofan- 6- --6 of Fig. 5. Fig; 7 shows a vertical sec- .tion on the line .7 -7 of '6. Fi 8 is a' other part of'this mechanisml Fi 12 is n.

detail view in perspective of art of t e ticketfeeding mechanism: and ig.13 is. another view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 12.

The mechanism; may be arranged within any suitable casing A. As BlIOWllthlS casing is of 'a general rectangular form being close opposite sides, and provided front piece, A. At the bottom the casing connects with a drawer casing A in which slides thedra'w'er A. ,The

front piece ,A may be locked to the o ther' ortion of the casing at a, The drawer A-- lS-PIOVidGd with a compartmentAf to receive the coin and with compartments Afor the 7 Each of. the compartments may be tickets. I provided with a hinged top A9 which may be rovidedwith' any suitable locking device;

he drawer casing is provided with slots A, shown in Fig.'1, registering withslots A m the to s A, so that the-tickets may be deposite within the compartments A- without opening the drawer A; Anysuitable num-" ber of corn artments A maybe provided so that each arber may be assigned a ticket compartment inflthe drawerand he may, deposit his tickets therein without opening 55 brac et Cattached to the back of the casing.

The right hand or units-wheel O, and also the the drawer and as he may be provided with his own key, others cannot interfere with the tickets until the close of the day's business: In this way a barber working on commission can keep a separate record of the amount of work that heas done..

Within-the casing is arranged three sets of registering and indicating wheels, C, D, and E which show through suitable o enin s in the front plate A. The top. set 0 wheels C is for the purpose of indicating the total number of customers or pieces of work customers'waiting to be served and entitled registered, that is to say, the-number of pieces of work completed lus the number of customers in the chair p us the number of to service. The registering'and indicating wheels D are for the P11123086 of indicating the number of pieces 0 unfinished work ahead, that is to say, the number of customers in thechair lus the number of customers waiting an possessing tickets entitling them to service. The wheels. E are .forthepurpose of indicating the exact numher of customers who'have been served, that is, those whose-work has been completed. Each of the wheels 0 has ten numbers displayed on its eriphery in regular order from 0 to 9. Eacli of the wheels has ten corresponding teeth, as indicated i'n'Fig. 5, and

'each of :the wheels is loosely mounted to revolve about a horizontal shaft C, which is mounted to turn in bearing brackets C attached to the inside of the opposite side pieces of the casing. These bearing brackets are preferabl so constructed that the shaft 0 may belified out from them or replaced readily, and when in position, may. be held in place by cotter pins 0, as most clearly indicated in Fig. 7. Collars c attached to the shaft 0 prevent sidewise movement of the wheels.- Any desired number of wheels may be, employed. For convenience l have shown three wheels which together may register from 0. up to 999. These wheels are all free to be turned in one-direction, that is downward, as viewed from the front, but

. middle or tens wheel, have secured to, or

formed with them, circular plates or disks 0, C, the peripheries of which are outside the outer ends of the teeth of the wheels, as indicated in Fig; 5, except that each disk is cut away or notched at a opposite the face of the tooth containing the number 1. These devices are for the purpose of allowing the horizontal rod 0* on which are pivoted three pawls C C andCK- The pawl C is adapted to engage the teeth of the units wheel. The pawl C is arranged to engage the teeth of the middle tens wheel and also the tooth opposite the figure 1 on the disk Of at the proper time. The pawl C is adapted to engage the teeth of the hundreds wheel, and i also at times, thetooth of the disk C attached to the tens wheel in line with the figure 1 on that wheel. As the shaft C is'rocked,

the arms C and the pawl-carrying rod C are also rocked, If all of the wheels show zero,

then all of the p'awls will rest onthe wheels in line with the 5 number 1 on each wheel. When the shaft C is rocked, the pawl C will operate the units wheel only until it has displa ed the numbers from 1'to 9. After this, an on the next movement of the rock shaft, the awl C will lie in the notch or recess 0 of t e disk-C and will therefore engage the teeth of the units wheel and the tens wheel so that on the next forward movement both of these wheels will be turned, the number 1 in the tens wheel will be displayed and the 0 of the units wheel will come to view. On the next movement of the pawl-carrying frame, the pawl (3 will withdraw from the notch c and will ride on the periphery of the diskC", so that the units wheel will only be turned until the notch 0 comes around again, and then the tens wheel will be operated. In

like manner the hundreds wheel is properly operated by its pawlC". An arm C attached to the pawl C extends over the pawl C so that when the pawl C 'is held up by the disk C, the pawl C will also be held in an elevated position. v

The rock shaft C carries an arm F which is connected by a vertical rod F with an arm F projecting from a horizontal shaft F, which also carries an arm F projecting downwardly into the path of coin de osited in the machine and moved against t e arm in a manner hereinafter described. The arm F is normally drawn down by a spring F In the front late of the machine are coin slots G, G. or convenience I have desig nated these slots quarters and dimes, but suitable number of slots may be pro vi ed to receive coins of different denominations. These slots connect with chutes G which lead downwardly to a coin-carrying table'H which is reciprocated back and forth beneath the chutes G in. suitable guides. The coin table is provided with a seath for quarters and a seat It for dimes,'and it is reciprocated by means of a push rod H carrying at the front a push button H The table is pushed normally forward by means of springs H on rods H wch are guided in a stationary bracket H attached to the back of thecasing. By reference to Fig. 6, it will be observed that the bottoms of the seats h, h are inclined outwardly so that at the roper time the coins may roll from the ta le into the receiving chutes. The .are prevented from rolling out premature y by the guide plates H 011 opposite sides of the table. The receiving chutes H on 0 posite sides of the table, connect with a sing e chute H which leads to the compartment A of the drawer. The chutes H have side openings h which permit the coins to roll from'thjeir seats into the chutes H when the table has reached the limit of its backward movement, or has brought .the coins into line with these side openings. Thelowerend of the arm F is arranged in the path of the coin-or coins as they are moved backward. with the table H, and as this arm is moved rearward, it is made to turn the shaftFand to actuate the rock shaft C of the registering and indicating wheel C, and at the same time to o erate the ticket feed. mechanism,"which 'wi be next described. The arm F is. provided with a head as shown most clearly inFig. 6, which is wi e enough to come into the'path of either a large or small coin carried by the table.

The rock shaft F carries a downwardly extending arm I which is connected with a ticket feeding slide I"mounted to'reci rocate in guides in a ticket trough I he tickets 1 are printed one continuous strip which is wound on areel I mountedto revolve freely about a horizontal shaft I in the lower part of the machine. The strip of tickets extends upwardly from the reel to the rear end of the trough I and is-then led horizontally along the trough beneath the slide I Each ticket is punched with an opening 2' adapted to be engaged by a tooth t at the and an inclined rear face 11 front and on the under side of the slide I. This tooth has a straightvertical front face the slide is sufficient to hold it down upon the strip of tickets. As the shaft F is rocked, the slide I is reciprocated back and forth.

and made to engage theholes '2' in the ticket strip successivelv and to feed the tickets one at a time to a delivery opening 71 in the front plate of the casing. In order to prevent the ticket strip from moving with too much ease forward and to prevent backmovement, I

may provide any suitableimechanism, but

preferably, I cause the ticket to pass through rollers J, J, as indicated in Fig. 12. The lower roller J is provided with ratchet mechanism J which permits it to revolve only in the direction indicated by the arrow, while the upper roller J has spring pressure devices -which press it downward upon the strip of tickets. Obviously by such mechanism the tickets maybe fed forward when properly engaged by the ticket-feeding slide M on the rod m.

The weight of.

delivered itis stamped with a number cor-1 responding with the value of the coin deposited. For this purpose I have rovided two type-carrying heads K, K. be typecarrying head K, for instance, carrying the number 10, and the head K, the number 25, corresponding respectively with a ten: cent piece or a twenty-five cent iece. The head K is carried by an arm extendin forwardly from a rock shaft K su porte in brackets L, L attached to the ,ack of the casing, while the head K is attached to a rod K attached to the outer end of anarm K on a rock shaft K mounted to turn in the brackets L, L. The shaft K carries an arm K carrying a horizontally arranged arm K extending through a'slot m and in a vertically oscillating lever M mounted to 7 turn on a rod m projecting from a bracket 1% attached to the inner right hand side of the casing; In like manner the rod K carries an arm K rovided with a laterally extending arm" I that extends through a slot m in another vertically oscillating lever v The vertically oscillating levers M, M are properly spaced as indicated'in Fig. 6 and arranged to oscillate independently. Their downward movement is limited by the bracket H The lever M has an inclined lower edge m adapted to be engaged by a coin,- in this instance a twentyfive cent piece, while the lever M is provided with an inclined lower edge at adapted to be engaged by a ten-cent piece. When a coin is dropped'through a slot G, or G it is conveyed by the chute G to the table H, when the latter is. in its forward position, shown in Fi 5, and it seats itself in one of the seats h or in which position it will have a portion overla ping orarranged in front of the head 7 of the lever F". It now, the button H be pressed inward, it willcarry the'table rearward and cause the armFto be rocked,

imparting a corresponding movement to the shaft F, and then by means'of the arm I,

move 't he feed slide I. The coin will also come in contact with the inclined surface m or 'mof the oscillating lever M or M and will cause the lever to rise at its rear end,

and, through the mechanism hereinbeforc described and as clearly indicated in Figs. 10 and'll, actuate the In order to ink t and K, I provide-an ink pad 0 carried by. an arm 0 ivoted to the slide I and having a relatively heavy-rearward extension 0 which is arranged to normally hold the pad 0 in an elevated'position. The part 0'. is adapted to ride on the upper edge of a guide tinting heads K, or K'." he type of the heads K.

block having a raised portion 0, a depressed portion 0 ends. shoulder 0 When the slide I is at the limit of its forward movement, the arm 0 is on the lower portion 0 of its guide and the ink pad is elevated, but whenthe slide recedes, the arm 0 passes up to the elevated ortion 0 of the guide and the ink pad is epressed. The ty e heads are both held upward by springs 2 on the rods K and'K, as illustrated in Figs. and 11. When the button H! is pressed in- Ward therefore,'the slide T is made to recede and about the same tinie one of the printing heads is made to descend and print the appropriate number on the front ticket in t e series. As soon as the customer releases the button H the feed slide moves forward and causes the printed ticket to protrude through the. delivery slot i and the customer can then detach his ticket, which will indicate his turn and will also show the value of the service to which he is entitled. For instance, if he has deposited cents, he is entitled to a hair-cut if he has deposited 10 cents, he is entitled to a shave and either the number 25 or 10, will be indicated on his ticket. Tn-the act of printing and feeding the ticket, the customer, by rocking the shaft F has also caused the shaft 0 to rock and a-unit added to the indicating wheels C, these wheels then showing the number of pieces of work done,

-the-number in the chair, and the number having received tickets and entitled to serv ice including the'last customer who has received a ticket.

The wheels D, as before stated, are for 'the purpose of indicating the number. of

customers to be served, that is, those in the chairs and those having received tickets and awaiting service. These wheels are mounted loosely on the shaft F so that the shaft F may be rocked without turning the wheels, while the wheels may be revolve-d von the shaft without turning the latter. Suitable collars d are provided for reventing sidewise movement of the whee s. These Wheels are similar in construction and-operation to the wheels C with the exceptions hereinafter noted. A disk D is secured to the units wheel, this disk being similar to the disk C, shown in Fig. 5, and operating in the same way. An arm D on the pawl D extends over the pawl D and operates similarly to the arm C Detent pawls D are provided for preventing the wheels D from moving in one direction. These'pawls are normally held iii-engagement with the wheels From the shaft D extend ra ially upwards and rearwards arms 'D -connectedat their upper or outer ends by a rod D carrying the feed pawls D, D enga ing res ectively the units and tens whee s; As t e shaft F is rocked, the wheels D are made to show consecutive numbers erases properly and substantially the same manner as that described in connection with the wheels 0 above them. The wheels D, however, cooperate with the wheels E in a pecu-- liar and novel manner as will now be described.

The wheels E are mounted to turn on the shaft I mounted in open hearings in the lower portion of the frame. SidBW'lSG movement of the wheels is prevented by the collars e, and detent pawls E prevent back movement of the wheels. A disk E similar to the disk C, is attached to the units wheel, and operated in the same way. The feed pawls arms E secured to and radiating from the shaft 1 The shaft 1 is oscillated by a lever P having a push button 10 and an arm 12 secured to the shaft T. This lever also has an arm E connected with a sprin E at tached to a bracket E projecting rom the E E are carried by a rod E attachedto frame by means of which the button p is I held in an elevated position. As the button 10 is de ressed the shaft l is rocked and the pawls g3 and E are correspondingly moved. As long as the pawl T1 rests on the outer periphery of the disk E the tens wheel is, of course, not operated, but this comes into operation at the proper time. As before stated, the wheels D and E cooperate with each other in a peculiar way, and therefore before further describing the operation of the wheels E, I will further describe the operation of the wheels D.

As more clearly shown in Fig. 4, the tens wheel D is rigidly secured to a sleeve D which extends through the units wheel.

The units wheel carries a series of ten teeth a wheel Q, also carrying a series often teeth.

The wheel Q is provided with a disk Q corres onding in form and in operation to the dis C". The pawls R and R, for operating the Wheels Q, Q, are carried by an arm R projecting from the shaft F but free to move independently of said shaft. These pawls, as shown in Fig. 5, are arranged to operate in a direction opposite to that of the pawls D, D. 'Rigidly connected with the arm R is an arm R having a hooked end R 'enga ing with the rod E which carries the paw s E, E the arrangement being such that as the pawls E, E are actuated to move the wheels E forward, the pawls R are actuated to move the wheels D in the opposite direction. But, of course, this cannot be done as long as the actuating pawls D and D and the retaining pawls D are in engagement with the wheels D, and devices are provided for, at the proper time, raising the pawls D D and D out of engagement with the teeth of the wheels D, and at the same time, throw ing the awls R R into engagement withthe wheels (5, Q. The lever S, shownin 1, is provided withv a push button 8, extends through a slot in the front of the casing and.

' wardly therefrom in an inclined direction.

To the upper front end of, this lever is con- 'nected a spring T, the lower end of which is attached to the casing at t At itsrear end the lever T is connected to move with an arm t projecting forwardly and engaging an arm projecting upwardly from the detent pawls D of the wheels D.

By reference to Fig. 5 it will be observed that when the button 8 is depressed, the lever T will be raised and the arm 13 will be correspondingly raised, thus raising the de- 1 tent pawls D out of engagement with the wheels D. The rod S is provided with a for wardly projecting -arm V connectedby a link V with a lever W hinged at 'w to the back art of the frame and connected by a link with one of the pawls R, R- as clearly shown in Figs. 5 and 6. It is clear that when the button 8 is in itselevate'd position,

the pawls R are out of enga ement with thewheels Q, Q, and that at t is time the detents D are in engagement with the wheels D. Rigidlyconnected with the lever-T is an arm Y which is operatively connected with a bracket Y extending upwardly from one of the feed pawls D, the arrangement being such that when the button 8 is in an elevated position, the detent pawls D are in operative engagement with the wheels D, and the feed pawls D, D are free to operate these wheels, while the pawls Rare held out of engagement with the wheels Q, Q. When thus arranged, whenever a customer deposits a coin and operates the push button H,

a the several Wheels C, D, and E are made to show an increase of one in each unit wheel of the two sets, of wheels C and D but after a barber has completeda piece of ,work it is de-. sirable that, without interfering with the number indicated by the'wheel-C, he should increase by one the numberindicated by by the wheels E, and decrease by one the number indicated by the wheels D. He can readily do this by .depressing the button 8 which will throw out of engagement the ac tuating pawls D, D and the detent pawls D and throw into enga ement the actuating pawls R without distur ing the other mechanism, and then by pushing on the button p, he can move the units wheel E forward one step and move the units wheel D back one ste I i1 order-to'prevent the tens wheel D from being accidentally .moved, I have provided brake devices, illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3,

comprising a spring arm Z attached to the age e side of' the tens whee, as

A customer entering the shop will see at a glance how much work has i been completed during the day, or any par- 1 ticular time and how much work must be done before his turn comes. The barber can I also observe the progress of the work and as each customer is disposed of, he can so shift the mechanism as to show a decrease in the number of patrons to be served. As each customer receives a ticket plainly printed l withhis number and with the value of the coin deposited, there can be no dispute as to the time when-he'is to be served or as to the service to which he is entitled. Payment in advance is insured and when the customer has left the chair he need not be detained to settle for the work. A check is also, in this way,kept on the cash drawer, as the amount the value of the tickets deposited, and as each barber has a se arate compartment for the deposit of his tic ets, he will know at the end of a day the value of these tickets and the amount of work done, and if he is working on commission, he will have absolute security as he has control of the tickets until the end of the days work. While on the other hand, he cannot deposit a ticket until it is fed from the machine to acustomer who has previously depositedhis coin. I

I claim as my invention: o

1. A-barbers register, com rising indicating mechanism for showing t e total of the number of pieces of work done and to be done, indicating mechanism showing the number of pieces of work to be done, means dicatinglmech'anisms to correspondingly advance t emstep bystep at eachoperation, mechanism for showing the number of pieces of work finished, and means for advancing the indicating-mechanism for showing the number of pieces of work finished and for simultaneously setting back thelindicating mechanism showing the number of pieces of work to be done.

ing mechanism for showing t of pieces of work to be done, ticket feeding mechanism, means for simultaneously operating'the ticket feed mechanism and both sets of indicating mechanisms to correspondingly'advance them step by step at each operation, mechanism for showing the number of pieces ofwork finished, and meansfor advancing the indicating mechanism for showing the number of pieces of work finished 1n the cash drawer should correspond with.

for simultaneously operating both sets of in- 2. A barbers register, com rising indicathe total of the number of pieces of work done and to be done, indicating mechanism showing the number ISQ and for simultaneously setting back the indicating mechanism showing the number of pieces of work to be done.

3. The combination of one set of numbered indicating wheels, advancing devices therefor, another set of numbered indicating wheels, a handle by which they are operated, connections between the advancing devices of the first set of wheels and the handle operated wheels whereby the-first set of wheels are made to turn in a direction opposite to that in which they are turned by the mechanism which advances them, and means for at this time withdrawing said first mentioned advancing devicesfrom the first set of wheels.

4. The combination of a set of numbered indicating wheels, means for operating them,

another set of numbered indicating wheels, feed pawls for operating them, means for withdrawin these feed pawls, another set of feed paw s arranged to actuate the wheels in a reverse direction connections between said feed pawls and the operating means for the first set of numbered indicating wheels and means for withdrawing these pawls from, or causing them to engage said numbered wheels. i

5. A barbers register comprising indicating mechanism for showing the number ofpieces of Work to be done, indicating mechanism for showing the number of pieces of work finished, ticket feeding mechanism,-

. means for operating simultaneously the pieces of work to be done and the ticket feed-' ing mechanism for s mechanism for indicating the number of mg mechanism, and other means for operating the mechanism indicating the number of pieces of Work finished.

6. A barbers register comprising'indicathowing. the number of be done, ticket feeding pieces of Work to for simultaneously feed mechanism, means ing the tickets and advancing said ticket feeding mechanism, indicating mechamsm showing the number of ieces of work finished, and means for simu taneously advancing said last mentioned indicating mechanism and for setting back the indicating mechanism showing the number of pieces of work to be done.

7. A barbers register comprising two sets vof numbered indicating wheels, means for 1 storing a supply of tickets, means for feeding tickets one at a time, actuating pawls for the twosets of numbered wheels, and means for causing the ticket feed mechanism to operate pawls of both sets of numbered wheels. v '8. A barbers register, comprising two sets of numbered indicatin Wheels, means for storin a supply of tie ets,-means for feeding tic ets one at a time, printing heads for impressing values on'the tickets, actuating pawls for the two sets of numbered =wheels, andv means for causing the ticket feed mechanism and the printing mechanism to operate and for simultaneously actuating the feed pawls of both sets of numbered wheels.

9. In a barbers register, the combination of ticket feeding mechanism, two sets of numbered indicating wheels, means for op erating one set of Wheels in one direction only, and means for operating the other set of wheels in both directions.

10. The combination of a set of indicating wheels, detent pawls for checking their movement in one direction, a notched disk attached to the units wheel, a feed pawl for actuating the units wheel, a' feed pawl for actuating the tens wheel which overlaps the notched disk, and mechanism for operating and for. simultaneously actuating the feed 

